Dozens of North Country families were trained on how to administer overdose reversal drugs and were equipped with a Narcan kit Friday.

The Narcan was handed out at a forum in downtown Lancaster at the Rialto Theater. The event was held to discuss the heroin crisis, and everyone who attended received a Narcan kit provided by the state.

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“They told us this may be the largest distribution/awareness event that's happened in New Hampshire,” said Erik Becker, with the Black Crow Project, who organized the event because he feels there is a big need for help in his community.

The organization Becker is with created a documentary on heroin, which he hopes will premier next winter.

“When people in Manchester say there are no resources, it's a lot worse up here,” Becker said. “A lot of my friends are suffering and I've lost some.”

Becker wants to get people talking.

“The people who are involved in it are already talking about it,” he said. “The legislators, the police, the health care are talking about it, but we really got to get the community involved because it's going to take all of us because when a man is suffering, his family suffers, and when his family suffers, the community suffers.

About 100 people attended Friday’s gathering.

“Everybody basically has somebody in their life, or they know somebody, who has an addiction problem, so we might as well get involved somehow,” said Samantha Whitson of Lancaster.

After a short film, community leaders, like Lancaster Assembly pastor Seth Frink, provided spiritual support.

“There are people out there who understand, people that can help them, people that they can lean on,” Frink said.

Frink’s father was addicted to heroin.

“It wasn't heroin itself that took his life, but it was a car accident that was a result of drug abuse,” Frink said.

Find more information about the Black Crow Project on their Facebook page.

A fundraising concert will take place Saturday at the Rialto Theatre. "Rialto-Palooza" will feature 12 bands from around New England.

The event begins at 2 p.m. All proceeds will go towards fighting the heroin epidemic.